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Fraction of >5,100 phages studied since 1960s that possess tails and belong to Myoviridae, Siphoviridae and Podoviridae families

Range	~96 %
Organism	Bacteriophage
Reference	Rios AC et al., Alternatives to overcoming bacterial resistances: State-of-the-art. Microbiol Res. 2016 Oct191: 51-80. doi: 10.1016/j.micres.2016.04.008 p.54 left column 3rd paragraphPubMed ID27524653
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Comments	P.54 left column 3rd paragraph: "Since the 1960s more than 5100 phages have been studied, allowing to conclude that ca. 96% of them possess tails and belong to Myoviridae, Siphoviridae and Podoviridae families (primary sources)."
Entered by	Uri M
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